Looking up to Heaven.
Matthew 14:19
Words: Mary L. Butler, in The Children’s Hymn Book, by Frances & Carey Brock, 1881.
Music: Excelsior Josiah Booth (1852–1929) (🔊 pdf nwc).
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If you know when the music was written, or where to get a good photo of Butler (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Looking upward every day,
Sunshine on our faces;
Pressing onward every day
Toward the heavenly places;
Growing every day in awe,
For Thy name is holy;
Learning every day to love
With a love more lowly;
Walking every day more close
To our elder brother;
Growing every day more true
Unto one another;
Leaving every day behind
Something which might hinder;
Running swifter every day;
Growing purer, kinder—
Lord, so pray we every day:
Hear us in Thy pity,
That we enter in at last
To the holy city.